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RAYMON HORACE JAMES JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1946 – November 10, 1971
Service recordRaymon Horace James JR, of Madison, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 65
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Madison, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1971; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 65
- HENRY FLOYD DELLECKERSergeant · November 10, 1971
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSSergeant · November 10, 1971
- FRANCIS JAMES KLASSENWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1971
- HOWARD MARSHALL STEINFELDFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1971
From Madison
- BENJAMIN GARETH WELLSFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- ROY LEE MOORELance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- WILLIE LEWIS WALLACESergeant · February 27, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS NELSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.